Milton hires interim town administrator

Thursday

Nov 8, 2012 at 3:15 AM

By Liz Markhlevskayalmark@fosters.com

MILTON — The town has hired an interim town administrator following the recent resignation of former administrator Tony Mincu.

Joe Ryan, who previously worked for the town, was hired until a full-time town administrator can be found. Ryan worked as Milton’s town administrator for about six months, until Mincu was hired in 2010, said Selectmen Chairman Bob Srnec.

Ryan, who is retired and teaches in Concord part time, began working for the town Monday.

While selectmen originally planned to take over the day-to-day operations of Town Hall until a new administrator was found, performing those duties without an interim town administrator turned out to be quite a burden, said Srnec.

The three selectmen voted to hire Ryan on Thursday. Srnec said Friday he didn’t know how much Ryan would be compensated; once finalized, he said, that information will be made public sometime this week.

Mincu, the town administrator for almost three years, resigned Oct. 26. In his letter of resignation he indicated he wanted to further his career.

Going forward, Ryan will also help selectmen find a new town administrator. Srnec said the town will likely seek outside resources to find the new administrator, and a timeline for the search has not yet been established.